Thorin Klosowski

When you pop open a jar of natural peanut butter, it often seems all of the oil has separated to the top, which makes it difficult to stir back in. On a recent episode of the Spilled Milk podcast, Molly Wizenberg offers up the simple solution of leaving it on its side.

The idea is that when the oil is coating the side of the jar, it makes for easier stirring, since you're working it in horizontally, as opposed to trying to mash the oil back down into the jar. It's certainly just a minor annoyance, but if you've been stocking up on peanut butter, it might make things a little easier.